The Next MacGyver Launch Event

"The Next MacGyver” Top 12 Event

The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, The National Academy of Engineering, and The MacGyver Foundation in partnership with The Paley Center for Media present the conclusion of The Next MacGyver Competition.

President Barack Obama greets science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) leaders including NAE President C. D. Mote Jr. during the 2015 White House Science Fair, in the Map Room of the White House, March 23, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

In his address March 21 at a first-of-its-kind engineering leadership conference at Rice, NAE President Dan Mote urged engineering students to understand the difference between being a leader and being placed in a position of authority.